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One Province One Water Two Nations/One Water Conference Mike Hightower Research Professor - Center for Water and the Environment, University of New Mexico Mentor, Sandia National Laboratories Vice President - New Mexico Desalination

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One Province – One Water

Two Nations/One Water Conference

Mike Hightower Research Professor - Center for Water and the Environment, University of New Mexico Mentor, Sandia National Laboratories Vice President - New Mexico Desalination Association mmhightower@q.com, 505-859-1563

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Southwest Climate History y Based on Tree Ring Data

10. 12.3 14.5 16.8 19. 21.3

150 300 450 600 750 900 1050 1200 1350 1500 1650 1800 1950 2100

Avg. Precipitation (inches)

Year

The southern U.S. and the mid-latitudes are in the 100th year of a 300 year arid cycle - which have in the past led to significant stress on civilizations

Univ. of Arizona – Tree Ring Research Lab – 50 year averages

Anasazi abandonment Angkor Wat abandonment End of Mayan Classic Era Next abandonment/ migration? Petra Abandonment Rome Collapse

2 2

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Fo Four Republics/ cs/No Fr Fresh sh Water

3 Need to do a better job of jointly managing transboundary water resources – individual republic management show major concerns

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Water for agriculture
Water for manufacturing
Water for energy
Water for domestic needs
Water for recreation

Wate Water - Th The M Major jor G GDP E Econ

nom
mic I

Indicator

2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 1940 1950 1960 1970 1980 1990 2000 Year Increase

Fresh Water Availability GDP Electricity Use

“Water promises to be to the 21st century what oil was to the 20th century: the precious commodity that determines the wealth of nations.” Fortune Magazine, May 15, 2000

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Wate Water-related Economic Concerns by y 2030

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Reportedly prepared by the

Dutch for the Pope to support dividing up western North America between France and Spain

Prepared in Latin
Prepared based on geographic

and cultural elements

While Nova means “new”, in

the 1600’s “new’’ in cartography meant frontier

1690 M 1690 Map of P

f Prov
vinces of N
f New S

Spain, i including N g Nov

va M

Mexico

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On One Province ce/On One Water

Overview of Fresh and Brackish Water Quality in New

Mexico. NM Bureau of Geology, OFR-583, June 2016.

0. 4. 8. 12. 16. 1970 1980 1990 2000 2010 2020

$/1000 gallons Year

SW BW Fresh High Fresh Low

Opportunity to Use Brackish Waters at Low Cost for Regional Development

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Ex Exampl mple Mid-wes west Bord rder er Economic Dev evel elopmen ent Zone

Purdue University, EXPONENT, Mar 7, 2019, Prof Luciano Castillo.

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Integrated brackish water management

might be a unique opportunity in the Nova Mexico Region.

Water will be the social justice issue of the

21st Century – it will drive access to food, energy, economic development, Peace and security "Anyone who can solve the problems of water will be worthy of two Nobel prizes - one for peace and one for science." John F. Kennedy

We can control our water destiny. We are a lot

more alike than we are different!

Inaction will get us foolish solutions from

people who do not know the region, let’s commit to solving this issue together,

urselves!